Clash of the Titans

[Jouni]

Stockfish and Critter are still drawing a lot:

1 Critter 1.4a x64 [t=6] +5/=31/-3

[Jouni]

And this was really short GM draw

[Event "Critter-Stockfish"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "36.1"]
[White "Stockfish 2.2.2 SSE42 [t=6]"]
[Black "Critter 1.4a x64 [t=6]"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "0.04;0.21"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2012.03.05"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1075T Processor 3000 MHz W=31.3 plies; 6.076kN/s B=25.8
plies; 8.918kN/s} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 {0.21/25
352} 6. e5 {0.04/28 332 (h3)} Nfd7 {0.02/25 279} 7. Ng5 {0.00/31 0 (0-0)} Bxe2
{0.00/25 222} 8. Qxe2 {0.00/33 0} h6 {0.00/25 259} 1/2-1/2

[TimoK]

Hi Jouni,

you're right - that draw was accepted far too early. For the next match series I will configure the "draw button" (in the Fritz GUI options) to "late" instead of "early".

Best regards
Timo

[Vinvin]

Here are all the games on 1 page (with Iframe) :
http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/clash.html

Would it be possible to see all the matches on 1 HTML page ?

No, unfortunately not. Fritz GUI is generating a new page for every tournament, so I have to upload them to different destinations.

[Jouni]

Well done Vincent!

[TimoK]

Thank you very much for showing me the way how to do it! Now I got the Iframe-Page on my website:

http://www.team-oh.de/Computerschach/Broadcast.htm

[lech]

My first impression is that there are two very powerful engines Houdini and Komodo. Both have a solid strategy (static evoluation), and this can not be completely offset by the time (depths) in contrast to tactics.
Full of holes Stockfish's strategy confirms the end of this engine.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

My first impression is that there are two very powerful engines Houdini and Komodo. Both have a solid strategy (static evoluation), and this can not be completely offset by the time (depths) in contrast to tactics.
Full of holes Stockfish's strategy confirms the end of this engine.

Here I fully agree....

It would take a radical approach from the side of Stockfish team to make a considerable improvement....
Dr.D

[bhlangonijr]

My first impression is that there are two very powerful engines Houdini and Komodo. Both have a solid strategy (static evoluation), and this can not be completely offset by the time (depths) in contrast to tactics.
Full of holes Stockfish's strategy confirms the end of this engine.

Here I fully agree....

It would take a radical approach from the side of Stockfish team to make a considerable improvement....
Dr.D

Yeah... I'd vote for them quitting their real jobs and start living for "the cause": Make Stockfish, an open source and free program, stronger than the commercial ones... wow I am starting to get goosebumps....

Have you guys ever considered they (Tord, Marco & Joona) have already done an amazing job, putting an open source program among the top ones, spending their valuable spare time for nothing in exchange?

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

My first impression is that there are two very powerful engines Houdini and Komodo. Both have a solid strategy (static evoluation), and this can not be completely offset by the time (depths) in contrast to tactics.
Full of holes Stockfish's strategy confirms the end of this engine.

Here I fully agree....

It would take a radical approach from the side of Stockfish team to make a considerable improvement....
Dr.D

Yeah... I'd vote for them quitting their real jobs and start living for "the cause": Make Stockfish, an open source and free program, stronger than the commercial ones... wow I am starting to get goosebumps....

Have you guys ever considered they (Tord, Marco & Joona) have already done an amazing job, putting an open source program among the top ones, spending their valuable spare time for nothing in exchange?

I know how it's difficult to further improve a chess engine especially at this top level....

But even though I am not a programmer,I have my own observations in general regarding the current status of the rngine and I share it so that it might help the authors in their work over the engine
Dr.D